Watertoba

Were the leftards not saying we were running out of water?

Wow, what a photo.

flatter than p iss on a plate

Your "Winnipeg Sun" link just re-directs to the JPEG, Kate.

Garth

Went out to my parents' place in the RM of Springfield over the weekend. For those that don't know, it's east of the Peg but close enough for an easy commute. Well, despite being WELL away from any river, there was a hell of a lot a water out there as well. This is going to be a while to clean up.

I got to work Canforce 1 into the airport, then when the PM went up in a helicopter to survey the damage, I had the pleasure of yelling at his pilot. (Accomplished and experienced pilot, but no clue how to work in a controlled environment.)

I am a bit surprised the NDP government there hasn't solved the problem. They could create another Crown Corporation, or government service monopoly and built the HQ by the Red River. As soon as the taxpayer dollars start going into the new government sinkhole, they can divert the water into said sinkhole and Voila! Problem solved.

Move the CBC there. Now that is one bottomless pit.

Nice to see rural folk smart enough to build on the only hill.

The photo should be sent to new Orleans as a teaching aid.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/State-of-emergency-declared-43108957.html

As of 1 p.m. today, the Red River had risen to 22.5 feet above winter ice conditions at the James Avenue monitoring station, which is two feet below the 1997 flood level. A revised flood forecast is expected from the province this afternoon.

Cheers

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group "True North"

Sorry. I don't believe it.All faked and photoshopped.My messiah(the fruitfly) said we are gonna be without water,so that must be white cowcrap or whatever.The messiah can't be wrong.../sarc for all you leftards out there.
Any bets/takers on how long it takes some Goracle-nut to link this flood to melting icecaps???? In 5..4..3..

pol; "Nice to see rural folk smart enough to build on the only hill." I think that hill is likely man made as a result of the last/previous floods. Notice the trees for wind break and soil erosion protection. They will likely build higher after this year.

jeez these poor people need a boat,a car and a snowmobile for all season transport.

Don't let Gore and suzuki see these pictures they will no doubt refer to this being High Tide in the global warming BS.
Hope the high ground stays high enough for thoses Manitoba farmers.

How high above flood stage is this? Is the water still rising or has it reached it's crest? Pray for some sunny warm weather people, and don't even thin about the R word.

How in hell are they supposed to get on with spring seeding with all that water standing around?

"How in hell are they supposed to get on with spring seeding with all that water standing around?"

Posted by: foobert at April 16, 2009 4:36 PM

In 1997, the flood crest came at least two weeks later and most of them, by some miracle, managed to produce a crop that summer.

Deep enough for an outboard?...could be fun...has tourist potential

We have a few extra mountains here in BC we would gladly donate to our neighbours in Manitoba if it will help them stay dry.

B.C. mountain named after Trudeau

It's sooo flat; that's the problem.

Cool stuff. I have a couple of observations:

1. It looks like Winnipeg has more bridges than Ottawa - Bridge Envy!!

2. It looks like the St. Jean Baptiste bridge is in the wrong place, on the dry part trather than the wet part.

In a couple of weeks that lake will be a field of wheat which will yield 110 bushels to the acre.

'In a couple of MONTHS..........'

And where is Prof Schindler when you really need him?

That is one impressive photo. I had no idea that the flooding was so extensive - thought it just ran adjacent to the river itself. Perhaps houses and buildings built on stilts would be part of the answer.

@fernsalbert

I heard earlier today that at Morris (50 km S of WPG) the river is as much as 16 km wide right now and should crest in the next couple of days.

Instead of stilts they build artificial hills to build houses on, for existing houses they build permanent clay ring dikes. Some of the dikes just south of the city are so high you can only see the peak of the roof sticking out from the road.

To complicate matters the ice jams have cubes in the 3 foot thick range and solid. In East Selkirk some are littering the neighboring fields. Lifted and deposited there when the backup from the ice jamming brought "flash floods" to the area. One poor house got lifted off its foundation in Breezy Point (north of Selkirk, after the floodway and Red re-unite).The Winnipeg River is still a solid slab. Places in the province that have never had a problem before are flooding this year due to ice jamming. Thankfully the worst appears to be over as the jams have mostly reached the lake, although it will be some time before all the water is back in the lake and off the fields. Yet all the leftards on the CTV website can only say MOVE. Who do they think will grow their food? This after they had to call in the army after a snow fall! Wimps.

"How in hell are they supposed to get on with spring seeding with all that water standing around?"

I'm sure there's a big fat subsidy on the way to cover that one. Just ask Farmer Joe.

Fritz

Mt trudeau is what you call the national debt.

Otherwise, it it's a nasty mountain, we can pool our resourses together and send his remaining kids skiing... lol.

For the love of God, save the combines!

What an awesome place for an airboat. And what a rotten spot to be stuck in.

Still those guys will get a crop in this year, flood or no. Bunch of hard asses.

I'm having flashbacks to '97. "Make the water stop!"